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(intransitive) To speak in the manner of a sermon; to preach; to propagate one's morality or opinions with speech.

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sermonize

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sermonize

intransitive transitive

(intransitive) To speak in the manner of a sermon; to preach; to propagate one's morality or opinions with speech.

Japanese Meaning

説教する / 説教のように話す / 自身の道徳や意見を語り広める

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During the meeting, he tends to sermonize about personal responsibility, which puts some listeners off.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

会議中、彼はしばしば個人の責任について説教する傾向があり、それが一部の聞き手を不快にさせる。

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To speak in the manner of a sermon; to preach; to propagate one's morality or opinions with speech.

Sense（2）

He wishes, I suppose, to sermonize me: but I shall not give him an opportunity

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To say in the manner of a sermon or lecture.

Sense（4）

(intransitive) To inculcate rigid rules.

If you consider my letters in their true light as conveying to you the advice of a Friend, who sincerely wishes you happiness, and desires to promote your pleasures, you will both read and attend them; but, if you consider them in their opposite, and very false light, as the dictates of a morose and sermonizing Father, I am sure they will be not only unattended to, but unread.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

sermonizes

（ present singular third-person ）

sermonizing

（ participle present ）

sermonized

（ participle past ）

sermonized

（ past ）

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